Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells

Fei Xiao, Yu Cheng Wang, Zhi Peng Wu, Guangyu Chen, Fei Yang, Shangqian Zhu, Kumar Siddharth, Zhijie Kong, Aolin Lu, Jin Cheng Li, Chuan Jian Zhong*, Zhi You Zhou*, Minhua Shao*

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Abstract

The rapid progress of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) has boosted the hydrogen economy concept via diverse energy applications in the past decades. For a holistic understanding of the development status of PEMFCs and AMFCs, recent advancements in electrocatalyst design and catalyst layer optimization, along with cell performance in terms of activity and durability in PEMFCs and AMFCs, are summarized here. The activity, stability, and fuel cell performance of different types of electrocatalysts for both oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen oxidation reaction are discussed and compared. Research directions on the further development of active, stable, and low-cost electrocatalysts to meet the ultimate commercialization of PEMFCs and AMFCs are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2006292
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume33
Issue number50
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2021

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Keywords

  • anion exchange membrane fuel cells
  • fuel cell electrocatalysts
  • hydrogen oxidation reactions
  • nonprecious metal electrocatalysts
  • oxygen reduction reactions

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